Saturday, November 24, 2012

Nancy Drew Blog Hop Schedule

THE SCHEDULE

We've been waiting since November 2012 to see what
everyone would whip up with their Nancy Drew fabric.

We're finally ready!

Wednesday, March 6, 2013 

Thursday, March 7, 2013 

Friday, March 8, 2013 
That’s SewJulie -- Very ill and unable to post

Monday, March 11, 2013 

Tuesday, March 12, 2013 

Wednesday, March 13, 2013 

Thursday, March 14, 2013 

Friday, March 15, 2013 

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Holiday Lane Blog Hop - My Day!

Are you up for some pillow talk
or a little Christmas inspiration?

You've come to the right place!
Special THANK YOU's go to these ladies:

 Jill Finley from Jillily Studios is the designer of this pillow pattern
 AND
 Pauline from Quilt n Queen is the hostess for Holiday Lane
 AND
 Madame Samm from SewWeQuilt is the QUEEN OF BLOG HOPS
who comes up with amazing ideas and giveaways.

I loved making these pillows because they were easy and 
allowed for lots of my own creative ideas. 
Making the flange around the edges was quick, too!
It's been so much fun!

The Grinch is one of my favorite parts of Christmas.
This pillow went perfectly with the two Grinch quilts I sewed earlier this year.

The Grinchy Lane Pillow

What's this? A little Grinch coin purse?
(What can I say...they are so addicting!)
I made the pattern a little bigger so my fussy cut piece would fit.

The back of the Grinch coin purse


Last July, Madame Samm made me a set of bowls as a "Thank You"
 for my work in the Bowls With Borders blog hop 
which I made into a Christmas card holder.
It needed to have a few matching pieces, so....... 
...I used matching fabric to make a pillow with a 
row of houses and lots of fuzzy fabric.

The Fuzzy Lane Pillow
My five-year-old grandson said,
"All four of the Monkey Boys could sleep on this!"

(On a personal note: a new Monkey Boy 
arrived exactly one week ago today.
I love being a grandma to four busy, busy boys!)

Of course, the pillow needed a blanket to cover 
those sweet grandsons of mine.

I couldn't help myself...the coin purse frame was begging me to
add some fabric and make it into one of these cute purses
that matches the pillow and the quilt. It just had to be made.
 

 Giveaway Alert!
CONTEST IS OVER!

As a thank you for stopping by to see my Holiday Lane pillows,
I'm having A Giveaway!

This giveaway ends on November 30th, at 6 p.m. PST.

$20 Gift Certificate
for Quilt Taffy's Etsy store

THERE'S ALWAYS RULES:
  1. Leave a short and sweet comment.
  2. Make sure I can contact you if you're a noreply blogger. Typing out your email address like this helps avoid spammers: iblog at aol dot com. If I can't contact you, you can't win.
  3. Only ONE entry per person
  4. I'll mail it anywhere.
  5. Entries after 6 p.m. PST on November 30th will not be included in the giveaway.
Now that you've seen my pillows and giveaway,

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Holiday Lane Is Coming! But, wait! There's More!

 
It starts on Wednesday, November 21st
(pssst...I get to post my pillows that day.)

Jill Findley from Jillily Studios is the designer of this pillow pattern
Pauline from Quilt n Queen is the hostess for Holiday Lane
Madame Samm from SewWeQuilt is the QUEEN OF BLOG HOPS
who comes up with amazing ideas and giveaways.
 
OH, AND DON'T FORGET...
Sign-ups are still going on for the Nancy Drew Blog Hop.
Click HERE for all the info on this hop and/or leave
me a comment or email me saying you want in.
The fabric will be out soon and it is amazing!
 
AND
 
Madame Samm has some December sweetness
coming....check out the details HERE.
doesn't this picture just make you want to
curl up in a quilt with a good book!

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

My Giveaway Winner...Charlotte!

CHARLOTTE IS A WINNER!
(An email has been sent to let you know you won.)
 
$20 from here:
 

U R Priceless Blog Hop - Day 7 (Last Day!)

Today is the last day of the priceless display
of purses, purses, purses!
 
It's also the last day to leave a comment to be
entered in my giveaway.
 Click on my Nancy Drew purse to
get to my giveaway post.

Pssst....I heard a rumor that "that other lady"
has made hundreds of purses.
Be sure to check out her blog TODAY to see
if this is true. You can get an extra entry
on my giveaway post (HERE)
if you come back to tell me how many
she REALLY made.
Be sure to leave your comment on my giveaway post.

Madame Samm at Sew We Quilt
is the queen of the blog hops and she keeps us
motivated and inspired (and gets us 
all those great giveaway prizes!)

She's showing off her purses today...
check them out!
 
Madame Samm posts all the coin purses on Pinterest, HERE
AND
You can buy her pattern HERE.

Katherine from Sew Me Something Good is hosting
this hop and has done a
Priceless job of getting us signed up and
sewing these little coin purses.
You can see the whole schedule HERE.

Check out today's UR Priceless blog posts:

Day 7 - Nov. 13
Julia P

Monday, November 12, 2012

U R Priceless Blog Hop - Day 6

There are just 2 days left of this priceless display
of purses, purses, purses!

 
Click on my Nancy Drew purse to get to my giveaway!
 Pssst....I heard a rumor that "that other lady"
has made hundreds of purses.
Be sure to check out her blog on Tuesday to see
if this is true. You can get an extra entry
on my giveaway post (HERE)
if you come back to tell me how many
she REALLY made.
Be sure to leave your comment on my giveaway post.
 
  
Madame Samm at Sew We Quilt is the queen of the blog hops and
she keeps us motivated and inspired (and gets us all those great giveaway prizes!)

She will post all the coin purses on Pinterest, HERE
AND
You can buy her pattern HERE.

Katherine from Sew Me Something Good is hosting
this hop and has done a
Priceless job of getting us signed up and
sewing these little coin purses.
You can see the whole schedule HERE.

Check out today's UR Priceless blog posts:

Saturday, November 10, 2012

U R Priceless And MORE!

This starts again on Monday....only 2 days left!
 
Pssst....I heard a rumor that "that other lady"
has made hundreds of purses.
Be sure to check out her blog on Tuesday to see
if this is true. You can get an extra entry
on my giveaway post (HERE)
if you come back to tell me how many
she REALLY made. 
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
There's another blog hop coming soon!
Watch for it! 

Friday, November 9, 2012

UR Priceless Blog Hop - Day 5

 
Click on my red and black coin purse (with
a pocket and a button) to get to my giveaway!
 
 
 UR Priceless Blog Hop has been so fun,
but it's just beginning!

Madame Samm at Sew We Quilt is the queen of the blog hops and
she keeps us motivated and inspired (and gets us all those great giveaway prizes!)
She will post all the coin purses on Pinterest, HERE
AND
You can buy her pattern HERE.

 Katherine from Sew Me Something Good is hosting this hop and has done a
Priceless job of getting us signed up and sewing these little coin purses.
You can see the whole schedule HERE.

Check out today's UR Priceless blog posts:
 

Sunday, November 4, 2012

UR Priceless Blog Hop - My Day!


Another amazing blog hop has begun!
Lots of creative people are sewing in this one,
so be prepared to be WOW'd!


Madame Samm at Sew We Quilt is the queen of the blog hops
by keeping us motivated and inspired (and gets us all those great giveaway prizes!)
Madame Samm will post all the coin purses on Pinterest, HERE

Katherine from Sew Me Something Good is hosting this hop and has done a
Priceless job of getting us signed up and sewing these little coin purses.
You can see the whole schedule HERE.

I sewed a few coin purses, but concede that I mostly likely did not and cannot make
as many as that other lady probably did (not that I'm competitive or anything.)









The Nancy Drew blog hop is coming on January 2nd
and (whoohoo) I get to host it.  Lucky for me, Madame Samm
 sent me a couple samples of the fabric (thank you!)
to whip up these little coin purses.
I love the fabric!


As a thank you for stopping by to see
my coin purses, I'm having A Giveaway!
This giveaway ends on November 13th, at 6 p.m. PST. has ended
 
THERE'S ALWAYS RULES:
  1. Leave a short and pricelessly sweet comment.
  2. Make sure I can contact you if you're a noreply blogger. Typing out your email address like this helps avoid spammers: iblog at aol dot com. If I can't contact you, you can't win.
  3. Only ONE entry per person
  4. I'll mail it anywhere.
  5. Entries after 6 p.m. PST on November 13th will not be included in the giveaway.

$20 Gift Certificate for
Quilt Taffy's etsy store


Check out today's UR Priceless blog hoppers:

Day 1 -  Nov. 5th

Friday, November 2, 2012

U R Priceless Blog Hop

It's coming on
Monday, November 5th!

Katherine at SewMeSomethingGood
has the whole schedule...check it out


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